Wheel-rim.



. PATENTED MAY 7, 1907. a. s, BRYANT.

WHEEL RIM. APPLICATION FILED APB.13.19\ 06.

ATTORNEYS make and one in which the severa 'tion.

RICHARD S. BRYANT,

or. COLUMBUS, 01110.

WHEEL-RIM.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 7, 1907.

Application filed April 13, 1905. Serial-N0. 255,434.

To all whom. it may concern.-

Be it known that I, RICHARD S. BRYANT, a citizen of the United States, residing at C0- lumbus, in the county of Franklin and State of Ohio, have invented certain new .and use ful Improvements in-Wheel-Ri1ns, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a new and useful improvement in motor vehicle wheel rims.

The object of the invention is to produce a rim of the detachable flange type provided with means for fastening the tire in place and preventing creeping of the .same on the rim.

Another feature resides in means for looking the detachable flange against movement independent of the rim and in some instances employing a portion of this locking means to fasten the tire in place and prevent the hereinbefore mentioned creeping of the same.

Finally the-object of the invention is to providea device of the character described that will be strong, durable, efficient and simple and comparatively inexpensive to parts will not be liable to get out of working order.

With the above and other objects in view, the invention consists of the novel details of construction and operation, a referable embodiment of which is describe in the specification and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein- Figure 1 is a View of my improved rim 'partly in elevation and partly-in vertical sec- Fig. 2 is aplan view. F 1g. 3 is a trans v verse sectional view. Fig. 4 is a transverse sectional view showing a modified form of tire fastening means, and; Fig. 5 is atransverse sectional view of still another modified ing the tire in place.

My present invention has been designed as an improvement on the construction of my wheel rims illustrated in the patent granted to me October 11th, 1904, and numberedthe flange then forced inwardly or far enough "In the drawings the numeral 1 designates the rim bodywhich is curved upwardly and bent over at one side to form the fixed clencher flange 2, while at its opposite side it is extended preferably so as to form an alined portion which is provided with an angular groove 3 near the 'outeredge of the rim and extending circumferentially thereof. A detachable clencher flange 4 is shaped to fit snugly on the rim body with its outer face flush with the outer edge of the said body. The lower outer corner of the said flange 4 is beveled or inclined as indicated at 5 'so as to receive the beveled or inclined portion of a split locking ring 6. The locking ring 6 is formed with an inset angular portion 7 which fits in and completely fills the angular groove 3. Thislocking ring is of the sort shown in my patent aforesaid No. 772,209, it being formed of a strip of elastic metal with its ends adapted to come automatically together after it has been seated in the groove 3. It is of such thickness that it 'extends above the surface of the rim and-part of it lies outside of the movable tire flange. .It takes from the flange the pressure acting in an outward,

direction, and bears against the shoulder or stop provided by the outer wall of the groove 3 near the edge of the rim, The flange '4 is formed on its bottom or inner periphery with one or more transverse grooves 8 extending inwardly from the inclined portion 5. One or more locking staples 9 are arranged transversely on the rim body with their ends projecting through the body and headed upon its inner periphery as indicated at 10. The staple 9 is so disposed as to project into the groove 8 and when, the flange 4 is in its proper position to lie intermediate the inner and outer sides thereof, thus being concealed and positioned out of contact with the tire,

not shown.

1n removing the detachable flange it is first forced inward toward the opposite side of the rim so as to uncover the locking ring 6 and allow the same to be sprung out of the groove 3 and removedfrom the .rim body. The flange 4'is then free to be moved backward or outwardly and disengaged from the rim body, the staple 9 engaging in the groove 8 acting as a guide and preventing twisting or jamming of the flange as it is being re moved. When it is desired to replace the flange, the same is slipped over the rim body, the groove 8 registered with the staple 9 and on-therim-body 1 to allow the locking ring to be placed on the rim body and its inset portion 7 to engage in the groove 3. The flange .is then forced outward until its inclined portion 5 engages with the inclined portion of the locking ring and thus broughtinto position. It will be apparent thata portion of the staple 9 always remainsin theroove 8 during the lateral movements of t e flange incidentally .to the removing and replacing of the locking ring. However, themore es sential feature of the staple 9 and the groove- 8 is to preventthe flange 4 from moving circumferentially on the rim body, or creeping,

within the curved or overhanging portions of the flanges 2 and 4. These web portions 11 are adapted to project into the flange engaging portions the tire which is suitab y notc ed so as to'receive the said portions. By this provision the troublesome and ungainly lugs which are now generally employed are obviated and an efficient and concealed meansfor fastenin the tire in place and preventing cree ing 0' the same, is had.

In Fig. 4 I have shown a modified form of tire fastening means which comprises radial pins 12 secured in the flanges as illustrated. These pins after having been set into the flanges may be brazed in place.

In Fig. I have illustrated still another form of tire fastening means. This last form contemplates the extending of the staple 9 so as to have a transverse portion 14 extending entirely across the outer periphery of the rim body 1 and being turned down and passed through the flange and headed at 10 similar to the manner shown in Fig. 3. In the case of the extending of the stap e 9, it will in most.

cases not be necessary to notch or in any way alter the tire as when the same is inflated the extended portion 14 of the staple will embed itself into the tire and thus fasten the same in position.

It is to be understood that while I have illustrated but one pair of pins 12 and one staple 9 having the extended portion'14,.I may provide two or more pairs of ins 12 and likewise two or more staples 9 having extended portions. 14, the number being governed by the re uirements.

I From tie above it will be seen that the sta les at 9, 14, constitute stops projecting radially outward from the outer surface of the rim, and the'grooves in the inner face of the movable tire flange extend entirely across said 'inner face and are fitted to these stops so that the flange can be slipped inward and outward on the rim; but it is locked against circumferential movement both while so moving, and also when stationary in normal position. and 14 prevent the flan e 4, as stated, from moving circumferential y on the rim, and the tire itself is also prevented from'circumferential movement by these stops, either prevented directly, as by en agement with the parts at 14v or prevente indirectly by means ofsuch parts as those at 11 or 12 car ried by the movable flange co-a'cting with the stop ribs.

These stops at 9 seems I am aware that it has been proposed to employ anti-creeping sto staples arranged "transversely on a whee rim, but in the earlier proposed constructions there were no tire flanges having grooves extending across their inner face's so that the flanges could be bodily moved inward indefinitely beyond the edge of the rim to lock ring, such as t at at 6, or equ valent. In the earlier devices, known to me, the looking was effected by bolts andnuts, and the tire flange in those constructions never re- .quired movement inward to attain the release of the fasteners. In my construction there is an intimate relation between the permit the removal of a lock devices, (such as the-elastic ring 6), the

grooves 8 and the stop ribs at 9 and 14.

from the lock ring to ermit the latter .to be opened and remove and the grooves or assageways on the inner'face-of the tire flange 4 permit it to,be slipped asfar toward the center of the ring as is necessar Having now full described my invention, what I claim and esire to secure by Letters Patent is,

1. The combination with the rim having the tire flange at one side, and the shoulder or stop at its edge on the other side and having stops prO ecting outward from its outer surface to movement of the elastic 100 and bear laterally against said edge shoulder or stop on the rim to prevent outward move ment of the tire flan e, and themovable tire flange inside of sai by the flange is ada te to be 'sli ped inward toward the center 0 the rim wh' e in engage-.

prevent circumferential I arts fitted to said surface, of l ringadapted; to engage with lock ring, and havin grooves in its inner face to receive the sai outward projecting stops on the rim, where- Y ment with said'shoulders or stops to permit the removal or replacing of the lock ring,

substantially as set forth.

2. The combination with the rim, of. the

transversely movable tire flange at one sideof the rim, means interposed between the rim and the movable flan e preventing rotary from moving circumferentially,substantially as set for th.

3. The'combination With theriin having I the fixed tire flan e at one side and the shoulder or stop at its edge'on the other side and having riblike stops extending outward beyond the outer faced the rim, and the lock ring detachably seated on' the rim against said edge shoulder or stop, of the rib-like stops on the rim, said sto s being adapted to preventthe creeping of t 1e flange movable tire flange having passages for'the I and the flange bei arranged to bear out- I ment of a tire extending transversely of the wardly against sai' lock ring, and means I rim ring and having its ends passed through carried by the movable flange for engaging the ring and headed to fasten-it rigidly 1n laterally with the tire to prevent its creeping, place. 5 substantially as set forth. In testimony whereof I afix my signature :5

4. A rim for vehicle Wheels com rising-a in presence of two witnesses.

rim ring provided with a removab e flange, RICHARD .SrBRYANT. locking means for the said flange disposed Witnesses: betweenthe flange and the ring,vand a wire A. L. PHELPS,

lo staple forpreventing circumferential move M. B. SCHILEY. 

